Structure-function correlations of the insulin-linked polymorphic region

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 534-545

  Catasti, Paolo ^a   Chen, Xian ^a   Moyzis, Robert K ^a   Bradbury, E Morton ^a,b   Gupta, Goutam ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairpin G quartet; Insulin minisatellite; NMR spectroscopy; Slippage Length polymorphism; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030573027     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0659     Document Type: Article

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